Ha! Don't worry. I temporarily broke my gimbal smashing it into the seat on said "bottom out testing" the following day. There are some excellent old school ankle testing drops all over Porcupine. And I did my best to find them all.

This is what I told Fisher when he handed me the bike. https://youtu.be/4T2GmGSNvaM?t=118 He was less than pleased. Ha.

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Its all relative. Next to the rest of the field he's 'rowdy'. Plus how much can you actually pull with a flat bar, neg stem and a full height post? I just think its refreshing to see someone who actually looks like they mtn bike instead of the sea of roadies who can't get a ride in the peloton. He looks like he enjoys riding his bike in the rougher/downhill sections, whereas most of the racers look terrified to go over a root.